Knowing more about the Murano Glass ;)
This island is part of Venice. Have you heard about the Murano glass? well, here is where everything started. It's a small cute island.
We took the vaporeto and after a while we arrived to this island. Ale used to work with glass in Chile, that's why she was really interested in joining us, at least part of the day. We arrived to the island with other people. For being such a small island, there was a good number of tourists. But we werent' alone. We were with a local, with Agostino ;)
There were a lot of stores where you could buy the famous Murano glass, but the most interesting was visiting the shops where they work with the glass and produce these beautiful pieces of art.
After the demonstration somebody would come collecting tips. After this visit, you would go to the gift shop, where you could buy some souvenirs. Ale's bag was full, but she couldn't help it to buy something, hahaha. I bought a bell for my mom's collection, cute little glass candies for some friends back in Lima and was ready to go. I was about leaving when Agostino gave me a package. It was a glass angel!!! So cute! The girl packed it very carefully, so it'll survive the month in my bag and the travel back to Lima.
I loved all the pieces here. So colorful!!!!
Well, it was time to go to Burano. At this point Ale left us. She had to go to the train station and catch her train to Milano. Bye bye, Ale.
Just take the vaporeto and you will arrive a while later. Murano is famous because of its glass work. They have really nice art pieces.
But which is the most amazing is the technique they use: "blowing". Everything is hand made.
There are workshops you can visit and see the whole process.
They don't have an entrance fee, but you will have to leave a tip after the show. Just go into the workshops, sit down and admire this work.
In your way out you can buy a souvenir, but don't forget to wrap it very well, so it can make it back home.
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